PSYA1

PSYA1

1. Multi-store Memory Model, Atkinson + Shiffrin 1968

   • Sensory Memory
     • 0.5 second duration
     • Very limited capacity
     • Haptic, Echoic + Iconic encoding
   • Short term Memory
     • 18-30 seconds duration (Peterson + Peterson)
     • 7+/- 2 items capacity (Miller)
     • Acoustic encoding (Conrad)
   • Long term Memory
     • Up to a lifetime duration (Bharrick)
     • Unlimited capacity (Luria)
     • Semantic, Procedural + Episodic encoding (Baddeley)
   • Evaluation
     • Glanzer + Cunitz (1966) produced the primary and recency effect
     • Shallice + Warrington (1974) - KF: Damaged STM but unaffected LTM
     • Clive Wearing could play the piano (procedural) but could not remember his wedding day (episodic) - different parts to the LTM
     • Not all memories need rehearsal in order to be remembered

2. Working Memory Model, Baddeley + Hitch 1974

   • Centreal Executive
   • Phonological Loop
     • Phonological store (inner ear)
     • Articulatory loop (inner voice)
   • Episodic Buffer
   • Visuo-spatial Scratchpad (inner eye)
   • Evaluation